#115 famous people come from Cedartown, Sterling Holloway the best known
Articles in 28 languages make the American actor Sterling Holloway the best known. The next two names are Sam Hunt and Nick Chubb. In the age of mills and railroads, 7 were born, the most of any period. Zah Frazier, born in 2000, is the youngest, and William J. Harris, born in 1868, the first on record.
Born in Cedartown
Sterling Holloway has articles in 28 languages, Sam Hunt in 21 and Nick Chubb in 11.
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#3When Cedartown’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1900s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Cedartown is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 6 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Cedartown
Still to come: 12 more, from 1868 to 2000.







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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cedartown and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (10)
- Sterling Holloway: NBC. Bureau of Industrial Service was a division of advertising agency Yong & Rubicam. Many television and radio publicity photos were distributed by this agency on behalf of networks and sponsors. Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Hunt: Jessxtn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Chubb: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- William J. Harris: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Sanders: IowaDaughter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Douglas: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. Mundy: U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kendall J. Fielder: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Korbin Forrister: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Seale Harris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons